An approximation to the study of backtracking in L2 writing

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-35

  Manchón, Rosa María ^a   Roca De Larios, Julio ^a   Murphy, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Backtracking; Backtranslation; First language use; L2 composing; Process writing; Rereading; Reviewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346930374     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(99)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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